Cingular Looks To HBO For 3G Content

No, deploying it in NY, LA, and Chicago in the first round of deployment. Those are big markets to damage your reptuation in. HSDPA has only been tested in Atlanta so this first deployment is just as much of a "test".

I'm telling you, Cingular won't release HSDPA in NY in this first round.

By the way, I think it's great that Cingular is launching HSDPA, that is no stupid move at all. You are wrong that they are deploying UMTS and then upgrading to HSDPA though. They made the decision and put out a press release stating their plans to launch the HSDPA upgrade in tandem with their UMTS network launch.

Ermm.... They have always done testing in large markets... Sanfrancisco is one of em.... ATT did the same thing with WCDMA test markets. Population = Demand. So they want to get it up in those markets first, and then concentrate on the smaller markets after.

San Franciso is a large market indeed, but not nearly as large as NY, LA, and Chicago. Never once have I seen a company (even others) launch the first round of a service in NY.

They won't do it.

3G has been launched in test markets a loooooong time ago!!!

Some of the cities include SanFran and Detroit. Research the **** and you'll see for yourselves. There's like 7 total cities that have it already launched, but its not yet available to the general public.

There's also 2 handsets out for the US 3G, one by Motorola and one from Nokia.

You don't think I know my sh!t?

1. Six UMTS test cities were up and running by AT&T.
2. One HSDPA test city was up for testing only, by Cingular--not open to consumers.
3. Cingular announced that they would be launching the HSDPA upgrade in tandem with the UMTS launch. That means they are going straight to HSDPA instead of a delayed upgrade, which they haven't had consumer test markets for.

Since the acquisition of AT&T, Cingular hasn't even touched the UMTS newtorks. I don't doubt that these will be the first markets upgraded to HSDPA and offered to the public, but until then they have no bearing on Cingular's HSDPA testing. Cingular plans to have 12-15 HSDPA markets before the end of the year. The markets will be Detr...
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You don't think I know my sh!t?

1. Six UMTS test cities were up and running by AT&T.
2. One HSDPA test city was up for testing only, by Cingular--not open to consumers.
3. Cingular announced that they would be launching the HSDPA upgrade in tandem with the UMTS launch. That means they are going straight to HSDPA instead of a delayed upgrade, which they haven't had consumer test markets for.

Since the acquisition of AT&T, Cingular hasn't even touched the UMTS newtorks. I don't doubt that these will be the first markets upgraded to HSDPA and offered to the public, but until then they have no bearing on Cingular's HSDPA testing. Cingular plans to have 12-15 HSDPA markets before the end of

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They also have it in what, something like 50 cities?

They didn't launch EV-DO in NY in the first round of release. Plain and simple.

Cinglar won't either.

I don't doubt that they will launch there soon, but they won't be in the first 15. Mark my words.